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[Sierra Club collection of Cedric Wright photographs.]
BANC PIC 1971.036 ANEG (5x7) Box 5 (:2110-:2227); BANC PIC 1971.036 ANEG Box 1 (:1-:833.2); BANC PIC 1971.036 ANEG Box 2 (:833.3-:1373);
BANC PIC 1971.036 ANEG Box 3 (:1374-:1830); ...
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Title:
[Sierra Club collection of Cedric Wright photographs.]Sierra Club collection
Creator/Contributor:
Wright, Cedric, 1889-1959, creator, photographer.Abstract:
Nature photography, wilderness views, Sierra Club "High Trips", and other backpacking and hiking groups, chiefly in the Sierra
Nevada mountains of California. PIC boxes 1-3: xerox copies of prints retained by the Sierra Club, numbered to correspond
with matching negatives in the Bancroft collection. Corresponding photographer's notes (PIC box 8) provide technical details
on equipment, exposure times, and notes on printing for some views. -- PIC boxes 4-7: prints 8x10 inches or smaller from Sierra
Club "High Trips", for the years 1945, 1951, 1952, 1955, and several from 1953. Most are unidentified, but bear numbers. No
listings identify these numbers, and the numbers do not correspond to numbers assigned to negatives. Some typescripts are
present in which Wright lists his prices and provides some commentary for Sierra Club members wishing to purchase prints.
-- B boxes 1-7: large format prints, mostly mounted, of Sierra Club trips, Sierra Nevada scenery, and nature studies. Prints
are in sets that date from 1934, 1945, 1947, 1949, and 1950. A few prints are in a set with various dates from 1940, 1945,
1948, 1951, and 1953. Others are undated. These prints had been distributed among various boxes but were reunited as sets
by library staff based upon physical evidence of mounts, size, and style of markings. Most are unidentified.
11 photographs by Howard Laws of the Sierra Club trip in Sequoia National Park, 1963, on 11 x 14 inch mounts. These views,
taken after Cedric Wright's death, were erroneously accessioned as part of the Wright collection, but may have been received
from the Sierra Club at the same time. (Shelved as BANC PIC 1971.036--AX.)
Date:
approximately 1930-1959 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caSierra Club -- Pictorial works
Sierra Club.
Camping -- California -- Photographs
Hiking -- California -- Photographs
Outdoor recreation -- California -- Photographs
Wilderness areas -- West (U.S.) -- Photographs
Camping
Hiking
Outdoor recreation
Wilderness areas
Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) -- Pictorial works
California
United States -- Sierra Nevada
United States, West
Note:
Title devised by cataloger.
Contact prints of the negatives in this collection were retained by the San Francisco Chapter of the Sierra Club. Xerox copies
were provided to Bancroft Library (PIC boxes 1-3) and serve as a guide to the corresponding negative files.
Some prints were previously shelved as part of BANC PIC 1977.066, Photographs from the Cedric Wright papers, and were united
here with related images with identical mounts, notations, or signature styles. It is unknown whether these separations of
like materials occurred at the Sierra Club, while in the custody of Wright or Ansel Adams, or upon transfer to Bancroft Library.
More material related by subject matter remains in the Photographs from the Cedric Wright papers.
ANEG boxes 1-5 (safety negatives): RESTRICTED. Available for use by appointment only. Inquiries should be submitted to Bancroft
Reference via the Reference Inquiry form.
NNEG boxes: NITRATE NEGATIVES CLOSED TO RESEARCH DUE TO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESTRICTIONS.
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Container list available in the library.
Outline of negative file contents by Peter Browning available, entitled: Cedric Wright contact prints and negatives: outline
for numerical and categorical lists. (pf F856.S45 B84 1983).
From the Sierra Club collection, with likely additions from the Cedric Wright papers given by Ansel Adams via the Sierra Club
in 1976 and 1977 (BANC MSS 77/124 c) .
Type:
graphicPhotographs.
Pictorial works.
Physical Description:
photoprint
copies of photographic prints in 3 boxes
approximately 500 photographs in 3 boxes and approximately 300 photographs in 7 oversize boxes
approximately 1,250 nitrate film negatives in 9 boxes and approximately 1,550 safety film negatives in 5 boxes
manuscript note cards in 1 box
Language:
English
Identifier:
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BANC PIC 1971.036 ANEG (5x7) Box 5 (:2110-:2227)
BANC PIC 1971.036 ANEG Box 1 (:1-:833.2)
BANC PIC 1971.036 ANEG Box 2 (:833.3-:1373)
BANC PIC 1971.036 ANEG Box 3 (:1374-:1830)
BANC PIC 1971.036 ANEG Box 4 (:1831-:2039)
BANC PIC 1971.036 BOX 6
BANC PIC 1971.036--PIC box 1 (:1-900)
BANC PIC 1971.036--PIC box 2 (:901-1899)
BANC PIC 1971.036--PIC box 3 (:1900-2245)
BANC PIC 1971.036--ANEG box 1 (:1-:833.2)
BANC PIC 1971.036--ANEG box 2 (:833.3-:1373)
BANC PIC 1971.036--ANEG box 3 (:1374-:1830)
BANC PIC 1971.036--ANEG box 4 (:1831-:2039)
BANC PIC 1971.036--ANEG(5x7) box 5 (:2110-:2227)
BANC PIC 1971.036 NNEG Box 1
BANC PIC 1971.036 NNEG Box 2
BANC PIC 1971.036 NNEG Box 3
BANC PIC 1971.036 NNEG Box 4
BANC PIC 1971.036 NNEG Box 5
BANC PIC 1971.036 NNEG Box 6
BANC PIC 1971.036 NNEG Box 7
BANC PIC 1971.036 NNEG Box 8
BANC PIC 1971.036 NNEG Box 9
BANC PIC 1971.036--NNEG misc. box 6 (NNEG 5x7)
BANC PIC 1971.036--PIC PIC box 4
BANC PIC 1971.036--PIC PIC box 5
BANC PIC 1971.036--PIC PIC box 6
BANC PIC 1971.036--PIC PIC box 7
BANC PIC 1971.036--PIC PIC box 8
BANC PIC 1971.036--AX
BANC PIC 1971.036--B B box 3
BANC PIC 1971.036--B B box 1
BANC PIC 1971.036--B B box 2
BANC PIC 1971.036--B B box 5
BANC PIC 1971.036--B B box 7
BANC PIC 1971.036--B B box 4
BANC PIC 1971.036--B B box 6
BANC PIC 1971.036
BANC PIC 1971.036
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
ANEG boxes 1-5 (safety negatives): RESTRICTED. Available for use by appointment only. Inquiries should be submitted to Bancroft
Reference via the Reference Inquiry form.
NNEG boxes: NITRATE NEGATIVES CLOSED TO RESEARCH DUE TO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESTRICTIONS.
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.